Wildflowers Identified: Pickerelweed
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Pickerelweed has these characteristics:
- 6 petals
- tubular petals
- irregular petals: lipped, lopsided, not symmetrical
- cluster or spike of flowers (a spike is a long cluster, with the flowers along the stem)
- 3/8 to 5/8 inches flower width
- 5/8 to 1 inch flower width
- blue to purple flower color
- blooms in June
- blooms in July
- blooms in August
- blooms in September or later
- plant height one foot to two feet
- plant height two feet or more
- leaf petiole present (has a leafstalk)
- smooth leaf edges
- parallel leaf veins
- simple leaves about as long as wide
- simple leaves about 1 1/2 to 5 times as long as wide
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Eric Haines,
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